... sition of IBM's PC business and Shuanghui’s purchase of Smithfield Foods Inc, the largest pork producer in the US, also had their share of setbacks. China faces the challenge of absorbing its excessiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... is month, IBM completed a deal to sell its x86 server business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group for US$2.1 billion. “In China, all the foreign companies have had trouble in the last several year ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
Warren Buffett invested US$10.7 billion in IBM in November 2011 to become its largest shareholder. Within a week, he lost more than US$1 billion in his first ever major bet on the technology sector af ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
International Business Machines' (IBM) third-quarter results, announced this week, were so bad even its management was shocked. Chief executive Ginni Rometty revealed she was disappointed with the com ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
... siness of IBM (IBM.US) for US$2.3 billion. Both of those deals were later thrown into doubt after reports said concerns were coming from the US regulator that approves all cross-border M&A for nat ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-26
... Apple and IBM inked a deal that will bring IBM enterprise software to iPhones and iPads and IBM customers will be able to access Apple mobile hardware and service. Sounds like a win-win deal. Under Co ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... ences. An IBM study found that 54 percent of top executives believe customers must be engaged as individuals rather than as categories or market segments. In recognition of changing customer expectati ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
... orked for IBM and Sun Microsystems before establishing Pixim Inc., an integrated circuit company, in Silicon Valley. In 1999, the Chinese government invited him home to take part in celebrations to ma ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
... Cisco and IBM have also encountered challenges in China since the Snowden disclosures last year. For central government related entities, security and ease of control are top priority, which is why do ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... siness of IBM as well as of Google’s Motorola Mobility handset unit, both by Lenovo Group Ltd., the world’s largest maker of personal computers, which is based in Beijing. While the court ruling is cl ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
... Systems, IBM and Microsoft, have faced challenges in China in recent months since reports surfaced last year of US surveillance programs. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
... mer enemy—IBM. Apple has made its mark in the general consumer market. This time around, it is aiming for the big corporations. The two tech giants are joining hands to create user-friendly business a ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
... ech giant IBM (IBM.US), which was one of the earliest and most active US tech firms to come to China, and thus stands to lose the most from recent tensions. Two of the headlines look relatively positi ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
... ered with IBM in a project to manage air quality by monitoring and increasing the amount of renewable energy available for grid transmission or storage. Finally, the Chinese government has not yet imp ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
Washington's concerns over Chinese hackers have stalled a plan by International Business Machines Corp. to sell its computer-servers business to Lenovo Group Ltd. for US$2.3 billion. IBM and Lenovo st ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-26
Lenovo Group Ltd. and IBM Corp. are asking a US foreign investment panel for more time to review the Beijing-based company's planned purchase of IBM’s low-end server unit, Bloomberg reported Wednesday ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
... providers IBM, Oracle and EMC, due to security reasons. China Bohai Bank and Donghai Bank are among the financial firms that have started using Alibaba services, according to Economic Information Dail ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
... Already, IBM and Cisco Systems have suffered in the wake of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of massive spying by the US, including on Chinese institutions and ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
China has ordered banks to replace IBM servers with a local brand in an intensified review of financial security. The government is reviewing whether domestic banks are exposed to risk by relying on h ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
... percent. IBM and Microsoft came in third and fourth, respectively. Technology experts expect Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce behemoth preparing for a US listing, to figure among the top 50 in the com ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
